Nile Breweries...

Above and Beyond

Industry - Brewing
Founder Rambhai Somibhai Patel
Products - Beer, water
Production output of 2.4 0million hectolitres
Owner Anheuser-Bush_InBev, a multi drink and brewing company based in Belgium

Nile Breweries Limited (NBL) was established in 1951 by a group of businessmen, associated with the
Construction of Owen Falls Dam. After several ownerships, SABMiller Plc, the world’s 2nd largest brewer in
the world, acquired the company in 2001 from the Madhvani family. The combined capacity of Nile
Breweries Limited with two plants in Jinja and Mbarara stands at 2.45 million hectolitres of beer, making
NBL the No 1 provider of locally produced beer in Uganda with a 59% market share. The company was
recognized as The Investor of The Year 2015 by Uganda Investment Authority.
Jinja Plant This is the NBL heritage plant, with a total capacity of 1.8 million hectolitres of beer. The plant
sources water from the Source of River Nile on Lake Victoria, giving credence to one one of its brands, Nile
Special being a “True Reward from the Source”
Mbarara plant In 2011 Nile Breweries Limited undertook a study to determine whether new capacity
should be added by expanding the Jinja plant or via a greenfield brewery at another location in Uganda.
Work on the new Mbarara brewery in Western Uganda was completed in 2013 with a total investment
$90.6 million. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni launched the plant on August 22, 2013. Mbarara has an
initial capacity of 650,000 hectoliters of beer per annum, expandable to 1.8 million hectoliters.
The total investment in the new Mbarara Brewery is $90.6 million, and follows hard on the heels of the $29
million expansion of the Jinja brewery in 2009, and the $25.6 million malting and effluent treatment plant
projects in 2011, bringing our capital investment in major projects in Uganda to over $200 million in the last
5 years.
Our headquarters are situated at our main distribution depot in the capital, Kampala.
The company is now a proud part of the ABInBev family after the successful completion of the business
combination with SABMiller plc.
Our brands Nile Breweries Limited is the producer of: Nile Special, Club Pilsener, Eagle Lager, Eagle
Extra, Eagle Dark, Nile Gold, Castle Milk Stout, Redd’s, Redd’s Vodka Lemon, Castle Lite, Chibuku and
Club Twist - a 2% ABV flavored beer.
Nile Special has been the flagship brand of Nile Breweries for the past 50 years.
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